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Protecting Community Resource Data

VisionLink

'We believe that organizations should be compensated for the creation, organization, maintenance, and updates of community information data, especially in the nonprofit space. In this nonprofit space, there are no discretionary profits available to allocate toward community information management. Moreover, raising money specifically for data management is much more difficult than raising funds for particular causes.

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Charity Miles App Nominated for Webby: Walking for A Good Cause

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

'Over the past year, I have been using a fitbit to help me incorporate more activity in my life. I’ve committed to walking 10-20,000 steps per day and even earned my 1,000 miles badge. But what if you could raise money for a charity just by walking, running, or riding your bike? That’s exactly what the app “ Charity Miles ” makes happen.

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Mobile for Good: How Mobile Wallets Will Transform Fundraising

NTEN

'Heather Mansfield. Blogger. Nonprofit Tech for Good. What is the potential for mobile wallets on processing payments and fundraising? It not just the convenience of swiping. Learn more in this excerpt from the new book, "Mobile for Good: A How-To Fundraising Guide for Nonprofits." More than any other mobile payment processing technology, mobile wallets have the greatest possibility for transforming fundraising, but the technology and its implications are not well understood in the non

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Calling all Faith-Based Organizations! Think You Could Use a Free Tablet?

Tech Soup

'Are you… A Faith-Based Organization? A TechSoup customer? Interested in winning this tablet? If you answered yes to all of those questions, keep reading! Tell us how you are using TechSoup product donations to empower change and seek justice within the communities you serve. The organization submitting the story with the most innovative and effective usage of a donated TechSoup product will receive the UnoBook tablet AND will be featured as the “Tech 4 Faith” story for an ent

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Today's Leadership Quote By Theodore Roosevelt

Eric Jacobsen Blog

'"Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well." -- Theodore Roosevelt.

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HR Help Desk: Put an End to Seat-of-Your-Pants HR!

Tech Soup

'As a nonprofit organization, you've got a clear vision and mission. Your cause is what drives you, and your employees are there because they believe in it. You are likely much more passionate about what you are doing than how you go about it, and besides, you're working on a shoestring. You don't have the time to think about human resources management, or the money to hire a dedicated HR professional, and anyway, you can just use your best judgment when an HR issue comes up.Can'

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3 Tips for Building Your Organization’s Brand

Achieve

What is your organization’s brand? Is it your logo? Is it your writing style? What does it take to have a strong brand and why is it important? These are some of the most challenging marketing questions that a nonprofit can face, and navigating brand identity can be a frustrating process. Creating and maintaining a strong brand is a complex beast, but there are a few simple things that you can do today to help strengthen your brand.

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Are Nonprofits Now “Stuck” With Facebook?

Connection Cafe

'Perhaps you saw last month’s news that Facebook posts are now reaching just 6% of fans ? An Ogilvy & Mather analysis of 100+ brand pages found the organic reach of Facebook posts has declined 49% since October. Facebook admitted an impending drop-off in organic reach last December. There have even been reports that organic reach will be further reduced to 1% to 2% of fans.

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Inspire Giving: Subtle Suggestions for Increasing Donations

Tech Soup

'Make Generosity a Community Affair. As a non-profit organization, your company probably rejoices every time a volunteer signs on to help out. As difficult as finding wiling volunteers can be, securing donations can often be even harder. You may feel as though you’re selling yourself, your organization, and your deeds at all times in order to reel in one or two more givers, but maybe that’s the problem.

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TechSoup : Email - Apps for April; Office 365 Help; Community Partnerships

AFP Blog

'TechSoup : Email - Apps for April; Office 365 Help; Community Partnerships : s your phone in desperate need of an app-grade? At TechSoup, we have some very tech-savvy people on staff. We asked them to suggest their favorite mobile apps.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.

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5 New And Quirky Nonprofit Social Media Tactics

TechImpact

'Image courtesy of athgo. Social media is well documented as a necessary marketing platform for all nonprofits. They allow you instantly connect with millions of users who represent every demographic under the sun. Everyone knows promoting your nonprofit’s events, services, and fundraisers on social media is a good idea, but many do not know why, or more importantly, how, to do it.